One of the rules of good organic gardening is to rotate plant families from one season to the next, as best you can, so related crops are not planted in the same spot more often than every three years ...

No-till and reduced-till systems have gained popularity for their benefits to soil health, moisture retention, and erosion ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

On September 3rd, the AGree Coalition released a paper entitled Diversified Farming Systems and U.S. Agricultural Policy that I co-authored with Dr. Rob Myers from the University of Missouri and ...

My grandmother used to tell me that I am not supposed to plant the same crop on the same land consecutively. And when I asked her why not? Her reply would be it was not right. Well, that is where her ...

A new computational model shows how different patterns of crop rotation -- planting different crops at different times in the same field -- can impact long-term yield when the crops are threatened by ...

Realistically, the extent of crop rotation possible in a small backyard garden is limited, but the principle of alternating what is planted on one spot still stands. Many gardeners are able to find a ...

Discover how immigrant groups, including Germans, Irish, and Scots, influenced early American agriculture. Learn how laborers became ...

ELLENSBURG — The star of Kittitas Valley agriculture is timothy hay, but farmers this season are planting an array of rotation crops. Sudan grass and alfalfa are common rotation crops for high-value ...

Q: In Southern California (and other warm-winter areas), we have two growing seasons instead of one per year. Do we still have to rotate our vegetable crops on a four-year schedule, or can we reduce ...

The launch of a new farm rotation planning tool is set to benefit users by costing out a range of potential cropping and machinery scenarios. The Business Performance module developed by Omnia Digital ...